Discotek Media continues to slowly explore the world of high definition Blu-ray releases and an upcoming one has finally been dated. After releasing the two Unico movies on DVD in 2012, they’ve now set a formal date of January 14th, 2014 for the double feature Blu-ray release of the two films. The Fantastic Adventures of Unico and Unico in the Island of Magic has had its cover art revealed as well, which uses elements from the two films together in a format that does work pretty well for the property. Discotek Media has not disclosed whether these are both movies on one disc or two discs in the set, nor is there pricing as of this writing.
The Fantastic Adventures Of Unico: Unico the Unicorn has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it’s because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. The gods become jealous of Unico, thinking that only they should be able to decide or allow people to be happy. Unico is banished to the Hill of Oblivion, and the West Wind is ordered to take him there. She can’t stand giving this fate to Unico, so Unico’s adventures begin as the West Wind takes him from one place and time to the next in a never-ending journey to escape the wrath of the gods.
Unico in the Island of Magic: Unico the unicorn has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. In this adventure, Unico finds himself with a new friend, a young girl named Cherry. However, Cherry’s long-lost older brother Toby has finally come home, and is now a misguided apprentice to an insane (and not human) magician named Kuruku. When Cherry’s parents get turned into weird, almost zombie-like dolls called living puppets, she and Unico start a quest to the very ends of the earth to get her parents and brother back before Kuruku takes over the world.
[Source: Unico Double Feature]
